How popular do you think 20/20 cricket could be if it was on BBC?

Question

I think its a shame that the England football team are playing a friendly on Wednesday night and will get better viewing figures than the excellent 20/20 international against South Africa

Answer 1

That is a shame, but i don't know if cricket will ever compete against football in the UK. The 20/20 market seems to be mainly taking off in India.

Answer 2

As neither is on BBC I don't really see the point of your question.

The cricket is on Sky Sports and the football is on Setanta.

In any case the cricket (starting at 4pm) will be over by the time the football (KO 8pm) starts.

Answer 3

only indians love 20twenty and now they harvesting the KARMA

losing all other forms of cricket;lmao

Answer 4

If it were on BBC, it would probably not be too popular in the beginning. But as many more matches become more and more televised, it will certainly attract some attentioin from viewers.

A very similar and personal experience is when I lived with my aunt and she started watching all these family series movies I didn't like. Evenually when she always had it on every 7 p.m. on weeknights, I began to start understanding it and liking it bit by bit until it became my own addiction!

Hope that helps

Answer 5

cricket is big in england because the english invented it, so i think it would be massive if bbc put it up there, but to be honest test cricket is much better than 20/20 it takes less skill and stamina, its just slogging

Answer 6

I thoroughly agree with you!

Answer 7

I agree, it would be a lot more famous.

Do you know 8 million people tuned in to watch the 2nd test of The Ashes 2005. (peak)

In 2005 Channel 4 held the cricket TV rights in England, and Millions of people watched The Ashes.

Since SKY has acquired the rights, the TV viewings have been appaling, with less than a Million people watching international cricket

Twenty20 has become the most popular format of cricket in the world, add to the fact that everyone in England will be able to see the match, and then surely Millions of people would tune into watch the match.

Its an obvious fact, if cricket was on Terrestrial TV then it would be far more popular in England, and more kids would be getting into the game of cricket

Answer 8

not very much

Answer 9

very popular but its too cool for terrestrial tv

Answer 10

20/20 is already very famous and would not make any more difference even if it would be on BBC.

Answer 11

not very much. It's where it deserves to be.

If people want to watch it they should subscribe to Sky Sports.

Answer 12

Can we inflict shinty on BBC England?

Answer 13

What excellent 20:20?

1) Englands Playing. (Useless Against Good Opposition)

2) Its Washed Out.